# River City Labs

> River City Labs is a VC fund in Newstead backing Travel and SaaS. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newstead, Australia
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/2448389
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RiverCityLabs
- Website: http://www.rivercitylabs.net/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RiverCityLabs

River City Labs is a coworking community of like minded individuals who came together to promote and develop early stage and start up businesses and entrepreneurial activity in the mobile, Internet, telecoms and technology sector in Brisbane and surrounding regions in Australia.They are more than desks, they are a community of passionate,motivated people just like you!Their varied work spaces include lounge areas, open work spaces, offices, and desks all available on daily, casual or monthly plans. At River City Labs members are surrounded by like minded people all cutting a similar path, as well as having access to mentoring, regular networking events, seminars, workshops and opportunities to connect with venture capitalists, investors and other entrepreneurs.They are a not for profit organisation with an independent board and staff of the facility are not involved in any capacity with an accelerator, investment company or any another firm hoping to derive services revenue from the entrepreneurs who work in the Labs.It’s their wish to encourage other accelerators, incubators and professional services companies to follow suit as well as come along and be involved – they think the best way to do this is not to get in their way but create a focused forum that allows all to participate.River City Labs is about being the focal point for activity in the early stage and start up space in the mobile, Internet, telecoms and technology sector in the Brisbane area. Their focus is on driving the local ecosystem of mentors, angels, venture capitalists, investment bankers, accountants, lawyers, business advisors, contract web design and developers and any other relevant party to help out the businesses using the Labs.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 4 | 50% |
| SaaS | 3 | 38% |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| Computer | 2 | 25% |
| Internet | 2 | 25% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Colin Kinner | Startup Strategy Guy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-kinner |
| Stephen Baxter | Founder | 31 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-baxter |
| Stephen Baxter | Founder | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-baxter-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monarc Global | Monarc Global is real-time, accurate, pricing software for charter aircraft operators and providers. Monarc Global provides operators with the tools needed to automate their adhoc prices, and the tools to externalise on their own website.Operators can also partner or align themselves with other operators, aircraft brokers, or third partyaggregators by using our multipoint API giving operators a global reach. | $500K | Seed | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Travello app | Travello is a social network for travellers used in over 180 countries. It's a global community of travellers and is fast becoming the largest and most trusted travel community in the world. It's available for free on iOS and Android. However, Travello is more than just a social network. We have developed a suite of Travel-Tech solutionsunder the brand BlueTee. www.bluetee.io These platforms allow travel companies to connect with their customers 'in-destination', using self serve geo-fence technology, customer segmentation and location based push messaging. For the first time, travel companies can partner with Travello and get the right message, to the right traveller, in the right place at exactly the right time - all with NO technical integration. |  |  | Jul 01, 2017 |  |
| JESI Management Solutions | JESI is an affordable proactive journey management software solution for remote and isolated travellers. JESI automates an alert to emergency contacts when a traveller does not reach their destination. |  |  | Jul 01, 2017 |  |
| SiteSee | SiteSee are revolutionising asset management today, for the future. We are an innovative “deep tech” company, leading the way for the digitisation of the world’s physical infrastructure. Our AI powered Digital Transformation Platform enables truly collaborative, real-time asset management decisions to be made centrally, with ‘one version of thetruth in data ’from your desktop. Validated and monetised in the Mobile Telecommunications sector, SiteSee are also expanding into the power, utilities, and renewable energy markets. | $45K | Pre-Seed | Sep 22, 2016 |  |
| Viberent | Viberent is a cloud based rental management system for SME equipment rental companies providing them strategic advantage through innovative inventory tracking, financial management and end-to-end rental management solutions. |  | Seed | Aug 05, 2016 |  |
| Conpago | Conpago is an online platform that provides service delivery and real-time reporting services. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |
| Orbmaps | OrbMaps demystify complex constraint mapping enabling visualisation of property development opportunities |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |
| Flightsuit | Flightsuit takes the work out of work travel |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [muru-D](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investment-advantaged-software-pty-ltd) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AngelLoop](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angeloop) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brisbane Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brisbane-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does River City Labs invest in?

River City Labs invests primarily in Travel, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact River City Labs?

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### Who are the partners at River City Labs?

The team at River City Labs includes Colin Kinner (Startup Strategy Guy), Stephen Baxter (Founder) and Stephen Baxter (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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